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RecipeTin Eats vs Brooki Bellamy
Oven mitts were off this week, as RecipeTin Eats founder Nagi Maehashi called out Penguin Books and author Brooke Bellamy for allegedly plagiarising her caramel slice and baklava recipes in her best-selling cookbook Baking with Brooki. Now, two new recipes are in question: a vanilla cake by Sally McKenney of Sally’s Baking and Bill Granger’s Portuguese tarts. But is there really such a thing as stealing a recipe? Cookbook author and former intellectual property lawyer Adam Liaw weighs in. Meanwhile, Maehashi sat down in an exclusive interview with Good Food.

The A.P team open a spit-roasted sandwich joint
The A.P Bakery stores just keep piling up, with the latest iteration in Circular Quay specialising in hot sandwiches. The team has flown over a French Rotisol spit to spin their fennel, lemon and garlic porchetta and spice-rubbed spatchcock, both served stuffed into A.P Bakery bread. The menu also includes a hot beef sandwich with horseradish cream and salsa verde, and a vego-friendly version filled with pumpkin and portobello mushroom. Find out which one Good Food liked best.

Sydney gets a new Venezuelan restaurant
Mexican eatery Tequila Mockingbird will make way for new Latin American restaurant TQM next week. Owner Michael Fegent says it will be the “first high-end restaurant in Sydney doing Venezuelan food”. The two-storey terrace in Paddington has been given a canary yellow paint job, inspired by the Venezuela flag. The menu will riff on the sort of dishes you can eat by the beach, like fried fish with shredded cabbage, carrot salad, and green plantain tostones.

Our most popular recipes of April
Adam Liaw’s one-pan chicken and potato recipe might just be the perfect midweek meal. Less than six ingredients? Tick. Crowd-pleasing? Tick. Budget friendly? Tick, tickety tick. Find it, plus more dinner inspiration, in our wrap-up of the top recipes in April.

Flora in Newtown awarded a hat
All-day vegetarian eatery Flora by the Continental Deli crew has been awarded a hat by Good Food reviewer Lee Tran Lam. Owner Elvis Abrahanowicz and head chef Jude Hughes have co-authored some ingenious creations, says Lam, including brussels sprouts and potato pierogi, and durum casarecce pasta with mushroom bolognese and ricotta salata.

Pipit to pop-up at The Brooklet
Two-hatted restaurant Pipit in Pottsville is bringing its sustainably driven set menu to its Northern River neighbour The Brooklet hotel in Byron Bay this month. Pipit chef-owner Ben Devlin will set up shop in The Brooklet’s wood-fired kitchen and bar serving a combination of signature dishes and new creations to just ten guests per sitting. The menu will include a roasted mud crab with macadamia tofu and an apple and strawberry gum tarte tatin. Bookings available Saturdays and Sundays from May 31 - August 3, 2025.

Save your favourite recipes and restaurants on the Good Food app
No more dog-earing your recipe books. The Good Food app has launched a new saved function which allows you to compile all your favourite recipes in one easy place. Simply click the bookmark icon to save then head to the Saved page on the navigation panel to view. The Good Food app is home to over 10,000 recipes from Australia’s top chefs including Nagi Maehashi, Adam Liaw, Helen Goh, Neil Perry, Karen Martini, Emelia Jackson and more.